My Favorite Landscape Photos of 2016 – A Year-End Retrospective

Picture #01: (Above) Storm clouds and sunlight drifting over the mountains of the Eastern Sierra, near Lone Pine, Inyo County, California – (Click here to Purchase Prints or License Usage.)

Please enjoy this year-end collection of images made over the course of 2016. I’d love to know which one(s) you like most in the comment section below. If you enjoy my work, I’d be honored and deeply appreciative if you’d share this post with your using those fun little Social Media buttons. Cheers & Thank you all so much for looking. It truly warms my heart knowing there are folks out there who enjoy the work that I create.

Picture #02: Sun bursts through storm clouds in the Los Padres National Forest, Monterey County, California

If you made it this far, Wow – Thank you so much for looking at all of these images. Again, if you’d care to leave a comment below, I’d love to know which one(s) caught your eye or you enjoyed the most.

And stay tuned as I’ll have another Best Of post coming within the next week or so. (You can get a free update notification when new material is posted on the blog by following the link below.)

Wishing everyone the very best for the Holidays and 2017! 🙂

Cheers,
– Gary.

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Gary Crabbe is an award-winning commercial and editorial outdoor travel photographer and author based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. He has seven published books on California to his credit, including “Photographing California; v1-North”, which won the prestigious 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal award as Best Regional title. His client and publication credits include the National Geographic Society, the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, TIME, The North Face, Subaru, L.L. Bean, Victoria’s Secret, Sunset Magazine, The Nature Conservancy, and many more. Gary is also a photography instructor and consultant, offering both public and private photo workshops. He also works occasionally a professional freelance Photo Editor.

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Number 1 for the soft light in the foreground, not everyone would think to leave that much foreground and I think it works exceptionally well. And #3, cuz I love a good B&W image and this one answers. Always excellent work from you.

Dear Gary, Memorable photographs are not only about exquisite lighting and engaging content, they are about mood and emotion. Your images combine all of these essential qualities. Congratulations on your fine work and your new website.

My favorite is #14. I’ve spent a lot of time in Yosemite, but I’ve never been to North Dome. I love the way you can see so much of the valley from a completely different viewpoint than what I’m accustomed to. Also, I love the granite in the foreground as well as all the detail and color of the valley below. It’s brings back so many find memories.

My fav is #12 Wave Abstract. It’s a very impressionistic style–another one of my favs. All of these photos are beautiful, full of feeling and authenticity. Thanks for sharing your awesome work this year.

Wonderful set of images, Gary! It’s really difficult to pick a single favorite–your images of the Sierra are wonderful, but so are your seascapes. They all epitomize what we love about this great state of California. However, that said, if I were forced to pick a favorite, I was especially taken aback (in a good way) by image #1 of the eastern Sierra. Very well done.

Hope you have a great rest of 2016, and looking forward to seeing your new work in 2017!

Another wonderful and inspiring selection this year, Gary! I really enjoyed the diversity of styles represented here, especially the more abstract images. Numbers 12, 9, and 3 are my favorites. I’m hoping to make an extended trip to the California Coast sometime this spring, I’d love to finally meet up with you someplace there. Have a Happy New Year!

Beautiful work Gary Crabbe. Since I’ve been to most of the places each was special. I’m terrible at picking 1 or even 2 or 3! I really do like each one of them. I haven’t seen Death Valley but enjoy seeing the pictures there. Thanks so much for this posting. I’m looking forward to see what 2017 brings from you.

As Alan mentioned, you seem to be diversifying styles or furthering your diversification more than before. You have assembled a worthwhile group, except I would rather see the El Cap image right side up, unless it were in a show at the Whitney or a more experimental venue. As it is, it gives me flashbacks to the 1960s, during which time, to be fair I was just a small boy. Dad used to lift me up so I could see his view camera ground glass, which of course was upside-down. It is hard to pick favorites, but I will. I like 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9 best. Wishing you a prosperous and rewarding 2017.

As always a stunning body of work Gary. You really outdid yourself this year. I really appreciate your participation in this years Best Photos of the Year blog project. I hope you and your family have a great 2017!

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